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Russia Expects to Open Its Embassy in Burkina Faso by Year-End
Russia Expects to Open Its Embassy in Burkina Faso by Year-End
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In early August, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik that Russia plans to maximize its diplomatic ties with Africa in accordance... 12.12.2023, Sputnik Africa
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Russia expects to open an embassy in Burkina Faso by the end of the year. A group of Russian diplomats has been sent to the country, Vsevolod Tkachenko, Director of the Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on the sidelines of the International Congress "Africa Seeks Solutions," taking place in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.The head of the foreign ministry department added that the Russian embassy in Equatorial Guinea will also open in the near future.He also said that apart from Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea, Russia intends to open new embassies in other countries on the African continent.In late July, during the second Russia-Africa Summit, Vladimir Putin expressed his country's readiness to open new diplomatic missions and increase diplomatic staff in African states.The International Congress "Africa Seeks Solutions" is held at the Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II on December 10-15.
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Russia Expects to Open Its Embassy in Burkina Faso by Year-End
In early August, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Sputnik that Russia plans to maximize its diplomatic ties with Africa in accordance with the country's President Vladimir Putin's task of "opening new facilities of [Russian presence on the continent] or increasing the staff in [the country's] existing foreign institutions."
Russia expects to
open an embassy in Burkina Faso by the end of the year. A group of Russian diplomats has been sent to the country, Vsevolod Tkachenko, Director of the Africa Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on the sidelines of the International Congress "Africa Seeks Solutions," taking place in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg.
The head of the foreign ministry department added that the Russian embassy in Equatorial Guinea will also open in the near future.
"We expect that technically we will be able to open an embassy in Burkina Faso, I hope, by the end of this year. We are already sending a group of our diplomats there, who will solve organizational issues," Tkachenko noted.
He also said that apart from Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea,
Russia intends to open new embassies in other countries on the African continent.
"We do not plan to stop [with the opening of the Russian embassies] only in Burkina Faso and Equatorial Guinea," he underlined.
In late July, during the second Russia-Africa Summit, Vladimir Putin expressed his country's readiness to open new
diplomatic missions and increase diplomatic staff in African states.
The International Congress "Africa Seeks Solutions" is held at the Saint Petersburg Mining University of Empress Catherine II on December 10-15.
